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Kowalski, K, Viana-Soto, A, Brandt, M, Ciais, P, De Keersmaecker, W, Fensholt, R, Pugh, TAM, Xu, Y & Senf, C 2026, 'Accelerating biomass loss from forest disturbances across Europe', Nature Geoscience, vol. 19, no. 9, pp. 1132-1138. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-02032-y
Edelmann, P, Rammer, W, Pugh, TAM, Gustafson, A, Seibold, S, Weisser, WW, Müller, J & Seidl, R 2026, 'Climate change accelerates global forest deadwood dynamics', Communications Earth and Environment, vol. 7, 453. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03651-4
Nabuurs, GJ, Maximo, YI, Starcevic, A, Patacca, M, Filipek, S, Schulte, M, Lerink, BJ, Bozzolan, N, Suvanto, S, Pugh, TAM, Govaere, L, Thibaut, A, Cavlović, J, Nord-Larsen, T, Kvist-Johannsen, V, Brownell, H, Wurpillot, S, Dassot, M, Redmond, J, McCullagh, A, Corona, P, Kugener, G, Astrup, R, Breidenbach, J, Talarczyk, A, Neroj, B, Seben, V, Alberdi, I, Fridman, J, Thürig, E, Rohner, B, Esquivel-Muelbert, A, König, L, Freudenschuss, A, Gschwanter, T, Berger, A, Korhonen, K, Teeuwen, S, Hassegawa, M, Cienciala, E, Munoz-Aviles, R, Chirici, G, Verkerk, PJ & Schelhaas, MJ 2026, 'Contemporary high resolution European forest structure assessed using tree-level National Forest Inventory data', PLOS One, vol. 21, no. 6, e0346611. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0346611
Zhang-Zheng, H, Arora, VK, Anthoni, P, Pugh, TAM, Jain, AK, Yuan, W, Malhi, Y, Nabel, J, Goll, DS, Pongratz, J, Poulter, B, Walker, AP, Zaehle, S, Knauer, J, Kato, E, Ding, R, Tang, M, Sitch, S, O'Sullivan, M, Terrer, C, Tian, H, Pan, N, Friedlingstein, P, Ito, A, Sun, Q, Decayeux, J & Stocker, BD 2026, 'Diagnosing Linearity Along the Carbon Cascade in Terrestrial Biosphere Models and Observations', Global Change Biology, vol. 32, no. 7, e70982. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70982
Dong, Y, Yu, Z, Pugh, T, Agathokleous, E, Zhang, F, Sitch, S, You, W, Han, W, Olin, S, Liu, S, Zhou, G, Cabral, P & Sun, P 2026, 'Enhancing carbon sinks in China using a spatially-optimized forestation strategy', Nature Communications, vol. 17, no. 1, 1576. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-68288-5
Stoebke, JE, Wårlind, D, Olin, S, Eckes-Shephard, A, Brzeziecki, B, Peltoniemi, M & Pugh, TAM 2026, 'Representing canopy structure dynamics within the LPJ-GUESS dynamic global vegetation model (revision 13221)', Geoscientific Model Development, vol. 19, no. 9, pp. 3595-3615. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-3595-2026
Layritz, LS, Anand, M, Kim, JE, Meyer, BF, Gregor, K, Pugh, TAM, Boettiger, C, Buras, A & Rammig, A 2026, 'Warming Drives Large-Scale Shifts in Post-Disturbance Vegetation Dynamics and Expansion of Deciduous Trees in the Boreal Forest in a Dynamic Vegetation Model', Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, vol. 131, no. 8, e2025JG009176. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JG009176
Lagergren, F, Jönsson, AM, Lindeskog, M & Pugh, TAM 2025, 'Combining empirical and mechanistic understanding of spruce bark beetle outbreak dynamics in the LPJ-GUESS (v4.1, r13130) vegetation model', Geoscientific Model Development, vol. 18, no. 21, pp. 8071-8090. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-8071-2025
König, LA, Pugh, TAM & Suvanto, S 2025, 'Combining national forest inventories reveals distinct role of climate on tree recruitment in European forests', Ecological Modelling, vol. 505, 111112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2025.111112
Eckes‐Shephard, AH, Argles, APK, Brzeziecki, B, Cox, PM, De Kauwe, MG, Esquivel‐Muelbert, A, Fisher, RA, Hurtt, GC, Knauer, J, Koven, CD, Lehtonen, A, Luyssaert, S, Marqués, L, Ma, L, Marie, G, Moore, JR, Needham, JF, Olin, S, Peltoniemi, M, Piltz, K, Sato, H, Sitch, S, Stocker, BD, Weng, E, Zuleta, D & Pugh, TAM 2025, 'Demography, dynamics and data: building confidence for simulating changes in the world's forests', New Phytologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70643
Layritz, LS, Gregor, K, Krause, A, Kruse, S, Meyer, BF, Pugh, TAM & Rammig, A 2025, 'Disentangling future effects of climate change and forest disturbance on vegetation composition and land surface properties of the boreal forest', Biogeosciences, vol. 22, no. 14, pp. 3635-3660. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-3635-2025
Bordin, KM, Bauman, D, Pugh, TAM, Müller, SC, Phillips, OL, Fortunel, C, Needham, JF, Woodall, CW, Astigarraga, J, Schietti, J, Liu, D, Bialic‐Murphy, L & Esquivel‐Muelbert, A 2025, 'Growth–survival trade‐off in temperate trees is weak and restricted to late‐successional stages', Journal of Ecology, vol. 113, no. 11, pp. 3466-3477. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.70175
Asuk, SA, Wayman, JP, Sadler, JP, Pugh, TAM, Matthews, TJ, Ebu, VT, Phillips, OL, Lewis, S, Sonké, B, Talbot, J, Comiskey, J, Zemagho, L, Ojo, L, Begne, S, Taedoumg, H, Sunderland, T, Hubau, W, Droissart, V, Qie, L, Gilpin, M, Simo-Droissart, M, Feldpausch, T, Peh, KSH, Banin, LF, Kamdem, MND & Kettridge, N 2025, 'Human and Environmental Factors Shape Tree Species Assemblages in West African Tropical Forests', Diversity and Distributions, vol. 31, no. 8, e70075. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.70075
Acil, N, Sadler, JP, Senf, C, Suvanto, S & Pugh, TAM 2025, 'Landscape patterns in stand-replacing disturbances across the world’s forests', Nature Sustainability, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 86-98. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01450-3
Letter
Gnanamoorthy, P, Zhao, J, Chen, Y, Jiao, L, Sawasdchai, B, Jing, Z, Chakraborty, A, Burman, PKD, Lee, SC, Pugh, TAM, Zhang, Y & Song, Q 2026, 'Post-Drought Vegetation Shifts Lead to Divergent Carbon, Water and Energy Responses in a Savanna Ecosystem of Southwest China', Ecology Letters, vol. 29, no. 1, e70321. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70321
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